Now available: Medieval stained glass images from Madeline Caviness

ARTstor has collaborated with Madeline Caviness, Mary Richardson Professor Emerita at Tufts University, to digitize approximately 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows, now available in the Digital Library. The collection offers extensive coverage of French stained glass, particularly from the cathedrals in Chartres, Reims, and Sens, as well as stained glass from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and several other European countries. This collection of original color photographs of stained glass has been a core teaching collection for Caviness, as well as for major institutions such as the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

To view the Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass” Or search the keyword: “madeline caviness”.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass collection page.

Related collections:

• Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi of Great Britain Collection
• Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts
• QTVR Panoramas of World Architecture (Columbia University)
• Clarence Ward Archive (National Gallery of Art, Department of Image Collections)

Now available: South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel

Approximately 7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel are now available in the Digital Library. This is the first batch of field photography images from Patel, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Irvine, and includes art and architecture in India and Pakistan from the 1st through 19th centuries, as well as architecture in Cuba from the 17th through 20th centuries. UC Irvine will assist Patel in providing cataloging information for all the images contributed to ARTstor.

To view the Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture” Or search the keyword: alkapatel.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture collection page.

Related collections:

• American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) Collection (University of Michigan)
• American Institute of Indian Studies Collection
• Cave Temples at Ellora, India (Deepanjana Danda Klein and Arno Klein)
• Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia (Cornell University Library)

Now available: Additional images from Magnum Photos

The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

Magnum Photos International, Inc., is a photographic cooperative founded in 1947. Magnum photographers have produced some of the most celebrated and recognizable photographs of the 20th century and contemporary life, documenting an astounding range of subjects, whether industry, society and people, places of interest, politics, news events, or disasters and conflict. This last release includes photographs by Abbas, Christopher Anderson, Bruno Barbey, Ian Berry, Thomas Dworzak, Stuart Franklin, Richard Kalvar, Peter Marlow, Paolo Pellegrin, Cristina Garcia Rodero, John Vink, and Patrick Zachmann, among others. Many of these images date from 2007 to 2008, documenting contemporary events such as the Georgia-Russia War, the U.S. elections, and the Beijing Olympics, as well as people and daily life in France, Cambodia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

To view the Magnum Photos collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Magnum Photos” or enter the keyword search: magnumphotos.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Magnum Photos collection page.

Related collections:

• George Eastman House
• The Schlesinger History of America Collection
• Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States
• Library of Congress Collection

New collection agreement: Additional Mark Rothko images to be made available in ARTstor

ARTstor is collaborating with the Rothko Family Collections to share approximately 1,000 images of works on paper by Mark Rothko in the Digital Library. The additional images to be added to ARTstor will consist of drawings and sketches spanning Rothko’s entire career. The images will be digitized from 35 mm slides, many photographed from original sketchbooks. Mark Rothko is currently represented in ARTstor with approximately 80 images of paintings, which have been created from high-quality color transparences, originally produced for the Mark Rothko catalogue raisonné. When complete, the collection in ARTstor will include approximately 1,300 images of paintings and works on paper by the artist. The Family will provide cataloging information for all the digitized images, many of which depict works by Rothko that have not been previously published.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Mark Rothko collection page.

Related collections:

• The Museum of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture
• The Phillips Collection
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

New collection agreement: Japanese art, architecture, and rituals photographed by David Boggett

ARTstor is partnering with Smith College to share approximately 500 images of Japanese art, architecture, and festivals created by David Boggett in the Digital Library. David Boggett is a Professor in the Faculty of the Humanities at Kyoto Seika University, where he has taught Japanese and Asian history of over 30 years. His photographs focus on the historic buildings, religious and civil festivals, and traditions of Kyoto and the nearby Lake Biwa area of Shiga Prefecture. The collection in ARTstor will document the historic architecture in the area, particularly shrines and temples, and the local festivals celebrated at these sites. The images also record the traditional rituals, customs, costumes, and artifacts associated with the festivals, many of which are no longer held, or have been altered through the influence of modernization and tourism.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the David Boggett: Art, Architecture, and Festivals in Japan (Smith College) collection page.

Related collections:

• Asian Art Photographic Distribution (AAPD) (University of Michigan)
• Huntington Archive of Asian Art
• Asia Society
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Asian Art Collection (Connecticut College)